Microcosming the Nahah: Mayy Ziyādah’s Salon as a Hybrid Space

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This article delineates the actual role played by Mayy Ziyādah, not only as a salonnière, but also as an intellectual in her own right with a significant role in the Nahah in twentieth-century Egypt. As her name is most often associated with the salon, I will demonstrate the intellectual climate of that salon, its capacity to bring together different factions and to emerge thereby as a microcosm of the Nahah, in its complexity and hybrid nature. With these goals in mind, I will draw on an extensive amount of material, supported by a theoretical framework that helps in envisioning the salon as a public sphere.

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1: American University of Sharjah

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Abstract

This article delineates the actual role played by Mayy Ziyādah, not only as a salonnière, but also as an intellectual in her own right with a significant role in the Nahah in twentieth-century Egypt. As her name is most often associated with the salon, I will demonstrate the intellectual climate of that salon, its capacity to bring together different factions and to emerge thereby as a microcosm of the Nahah, in its complexity and hybrid nature. With these goals in mind, I will draw on an extensive amount of material, supported by a theoretical framework that helps in envisioning the salon as a public sphere.